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State Highway 1 and the railway line near Kaikoura will remain closed until at least Thursday.

Rail, road services out until at least Thursday after major slip

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FLOODING has eased across the state as emergency workers focus on the Murray River port of Echuca, which is facing a prolonged flood peak from rain that fell more than a week ago.

Flood efforts now focus on Echuca

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Staci Child poses for Zoo Weekly magazine. The daughter of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's partner has posed in a bikini for a men's magazine.

PM's stepdaughter poses in bra

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Large numbers of New Zealanders turned to social media to share experiences and get information in the hours and days after the Canterbury quake.

Quake-affected New Zealanders turn to social media

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shakes hands with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept.

China encourages investment in Papua New Guinea, says premier

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Australia has outlawed a television advertisement in favour of euthanasia - the first in many years to challenge a legal ban on the practice.

Australia bans euthanasia advert

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Church group could face fine and deportation for allegedly treating Aids patients without proper permission Zimbabwe has one of the highest HIV rates in the world and thousands of orphans whose parents have died of Aids.

Zimbabwe court bails foreign Aids workers accused of unlicensed practice

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Papua New Guinea, a wild and mysterious land off the north coast of Australia, is known in the civilized world as the last frontier.

Spirits thrive on Papua New Guinea's longest river

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More than 100 potential amendments to American Samoa's constitution will be decided by voters in a single proposal: "Do you approve the 2010 amendments to the Revised Constitution of American Samoa?" Chief Election Officer Soliai T. Fuimaono recently told the Samoa News that it is the simplest way to put the question to voters in the Nov.

American Samoa voters may amend constitution

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A 23-year-old man has admitted handling money involved in an attempt to smuggle Afghan asylum seekers to Australia.

Man admits part in people smuggling ring